Sentence Arrangement PQRS Quiz 3

1. Education in India had a glorious beginning.
P. But after the British rule, it faced many changes.
Q. It went on for centuries with the same glory.
R. English as the medium of instruction had a very great response.
S. One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction.
6. As the Britishers left we had a complexity of opinions regarding English

1. It is easy to criticize the people at the helm, for the slow progress in every field.
P. We are well aware that the intellectuals are leaving our country for better employment opportunities.
Q. Then question remains unanswered because our country cannot show opportunities to the  intellectuals.
R. Then, what about their obligation to the Motherland ?
S. First, we should ask our – selves as to what is happening to the young intellectuals in
India.
6. This situation of ‘Brain-Drain’ leads to a variety of problems.

1. It is the responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life.
P. Many children take advantage of their parents’ busy schedule.
Q. This results in children’s ignorance of social values.
R. The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy nowadays.
S. Nowadays parents spend very meager time with children.
6. As such, the society is going away from the value system.

1. The man who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well
as yogi.
P. The man who has achieved much evenness of temper will be serene, because his mere
thoughts are changed with the strength of action.
Q. He would practise yoga, i.e., evenness of temper, and can- not but perform action.
R. The root of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to flit from object of
desire to another and from that to a third.
S. But he who abstains from action altogether is only an idler.
6. A yogi is one who is not attached to his objects of sense or to action and whose mind has ceased to roam restlessly.

1. This was an important day for Al at took.
P. It was a cold day, but Alatook would be warm.
Q. For the first time he was going to hunt seals alone.
R. First he put on his fur-lined jacket.
S. Then he put on mittens and boots of deerskin to protect his hands and feet from the cold.
6. Finally he picked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before.

1. The most vulnerable section of the society are the students.
P. Revolutionary an d new fledged ideas have a great appeal to them.
Q. Agitations may be non-violent methods of protest.
R. They cannot resist the charm of persuasion.
S. They are to be taught that without discipline they can- not get proper education.
6. However if these become violent, the antisocial elements get encouraged and they put all
proper working out of gear.

1. Venice is a strange city.
P. There are about 400 odd bridges connecting the is- lands of Venice.
Q. There are no motor cars, no horses and no buses there.
R. These small islands are close to one another.
S. It is not one island but a hundred islands.
6. This is because Venice has no streets.

1. On e of the most terrible battles of the American Civil War was fought in July 1863, at
Gettysburg.
P. The chief speech on that occasion was given by Edward Everett, a celebrated orator.
Q. Lincoln was asked to make a few remarks.
R. In November of that year a portion of the battlefield was dedicated as a final resting
place for men of both armies who died there.
S. Everett’s speech lasted 2 hours. Lincoln’s for 2 minutes; it was over almost be- fore the
crowd realized that it had begun.
6. But the Gettysburg speech is now one of the world’s immortal pieces of literature.

1. The teacher training agency in England hopes to make teaching one of the top three professions.
P. They have also demanded that the campaign should be matched by improved pay scales, work  load and morale so as to avoid recruitment problems with an aim to raise the image of the teaching profession.
Q. A series of advertisements are now being screened showing famous people speaking about teachers they remember and admire.
R. An amount of $100 million has been set aside to combat the shortage of applicants for teacher training.
S. Teacher Unions have welcomed this campaign.
6. It is high time for the Indian Government also to think on similar lines and take steps to lift up the sinking morale of the teaching profession.

1. Some say that failure is like toxic waste.
P. I see failure more as a fertilizer.
Q. Thinking about it pollutes and undermines the attitudes needed for success.
R. The seeds of success must be planted afresh.
S. It can be used to enrich the soil of your mind.
6. Turning failure into a fertilizer is accomplished by using your errors as steps in learning.

1. Today, the earth has many satellites besides the moon.
P. But the pull of the earth keeps them from doing so.
Q. The artificial satellites do not fall because they are going too fast to do so.
R. They are the artificial satellites made by man and very much smaller than the moon.
S. As they speed along they tend to go straight off into space.
6. As a result, they travel in an orbit round the earth.

1. Love is one of the earliest of human passions.
P. It is also one of the sweetest.
Q. Love should be directed to- wards a worthy object.
R. But, like all strong passions it may, if not well regulated and controlled, lead us into  misery.
S. Or it will prove in the end a source of bitterness.
6. Love, moreover, looks for – ward to reciprocation.

1. A rocket burns a fuel that makes a great deal of gas at the back of the rocket.
P. Ordinary fuel will burn only in air, because it needs the oxygen in the air.
Q. A rocket can therefore travel outside the atmosphere in space where there is no air.
R. This gas pushes against the rocket and sends it forward.
S. However, rocket fuels have their oxygen in them and so they burn without air.
6. In fact, it will travel faster in space than in the air because the friction of the air  is not there to slow it down.

1. Some of the other patrons are even more of a problem than the theatre itself.
P. They make noises and create disturbances at their seats.
Q. Some act as if they were at home in their own living room watching the TV set.
R. People are often messy, so that you’re constantly aware of all the food they’re eating.
S. Many people in the theatre often show themselves to be inconsiderate.
6. People are also always moving around near you, creating a disturbance and interrupting your enjoyment of the movie.

1. A friend’s rudeness is much more dam aging than a stranger’s.
P. You feel hurt instead of angry.
Q. You feel that you’re being taken for granted.
R. When a friend says sharply, “I don’t have time to talk to you just now.”
S. When a friend shows up late for lunch or a shopping trip, with no good reason,
6. Friends after all, are sup- posed to make up for the thoughtless cruelties of strangers.

1. The only choice
P. universities will be to
Q. tuition fees to meet
R. left before the Indian
S. substantially raise the
6. the rising expenditure

1. The salmon fish pushed themselves
P. to return to their spawning grounds
Q. and fertilized them
R. but once they laid their eggs
S. to their limits
6. they died

1. One of my friends Krishnan went to live in a village.
P. But it was a very slow animal.
Q. So Krishnan bought a don- key for 200 rupees.
R. One day his new neighbour told him that he must buy a donkey.
S. Every family there had a donkey to carry things for them.
6. It did not like to work.

1. The next morning I found myself somewhat refreshed but very hungry.
P. I asked him to let me help unload the vessel.
Q. I noticed I was near a large ship.
R. I went at once to the captain.
S. It was unloading a cargo of pig iron.
6. I wanted to earn money for food.

1. He could not rise.
P. All at once, in the distance, he heard an elephant trumpet.
Q. He tried again with all his might but to no use.
R. The next moment he was on his feet.
S. He stepped into the river.
6. It was colder than usual.